envelop
pronunciation
How to pronounce envelop in British English:
UK [ɪnˈveləp]
How to pronounce envelop in American English:
US [ɪnˈveləp]
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- Verb:
- enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
Word Origin
- envelop (v.)
- late 14c., envolupen, "be involved" (in sin, crime, etc.), from Old French envoleper "envelop, cover; fold up, wrap up" (10c., Modern French envelopper), from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + voloper "wrap up," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps Celtic (see Gamillscheg, Diez) or Germanic ("Century Dictionary"). Literal sense is from 1580s. Related: Enveloped; enveloping.
Example
- 1. He sat down , and in a few minutes felt the night & apos ; s chill envelop him .
- 2. Such storms can sometimes envelop the entire planet and change the characteristics of the atmosphere , making edl far trickier .
- 3. Still , the legislature 's prompt response to a crisis that had begun to envelop the country ( and to terrify euro-zone leaders ) appears to have won italy some breathing space .
- 4. The powwow came just one week after a kremlin meeting with dmitry medvedev , the russian president , to discuss ways to combat the crisis that threatens to envelop the sector as it grapples with huge debts and plummeting revenues .